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Privacy Statement

Caudata.org (an entity owned and operated by John P. Clare) has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. For the purposes of this document, “Caudata.org”, “we”, “our” and “us” refer to Caudata.org and to the owner and operator of Caudate.org, John P. Clare. The terms “user”, “users”, “you” and “your” are used in reference to the person reading this privacy statement, namely individuals using Caudata.org’s site and services. The following discloses Caudata.org’s information gathering and dissemination practices for Caudata.org and all websites contained on its server.

Your Contact Information

Our site's registration forms require the user to give us contact information (minimum real first name, country, and a valid e-mail address). We use this contact information to verify that the user is who he or she claims to be. The user's contact information is also used to contact the user when necessary. Your contact information is not used for any other purposes, commercial or otherwise. Your information is not distributed to any other entities, companies or individuals, with the exceptions detailed herein.

Your IP address

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our website. Your IP address is not used to gather any information about you other than to identify what IP address was used in conjunction with your Caudata.org user account to post and read messages on our site. We may use cookies to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site, and to log your preferences for how the forum is presented to you (layout of threads, for example).

IP addresses are tracked within each forum post. IP addresses from all posts may be used to track violations of our rules (to which you agree when you register for a user account). These IP addresses may also be utilised by members of various law enforcement agencies to track and/or monitor and/or prosecute violations of local, federal, and international laws and regulations.

Your Choice to Publicly Disclose Information

This site makes classified advertisements and forums available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas may become public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security

This site has a variety of security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control, including but not limited to: IP Logging, Firewalls, Usernames/Passwords, Secure Server technology.

Outside Links

This site contains links to other sites. Caudata.org is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

Children's Guidelines

This site gives children 13 years of age and older the ability to publicly post or distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent. Children under 13 years of age are required to provide information of consent from a parent or guardian under the rules of US federal law encompassed by the COPPA.